Prospective evaluation of the threat related to the use of seminal fractions from hepatitis C virus-infected men in assisted reproductive techniques

Human Reproduction

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-535

  Bourlet, T ^a   Lornage, J ^b   Maertens, A ^a   Garret, A S ^b   Saoudin, H ^a   Tardy, J C ^b   Jimenez, C ^c   Guerin, J F ^b   Pozzetto, B ^a   Levy, R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

Assisted reproduction techniques; Hepatitis C virus; Human immunodeficiency virus; Semen; Viral risk

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EJACULATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFERTILITY THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SERODIAGNOSIS; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 61449217071     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/den414     Document Type: Article

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